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Eric Niiler

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Climate Change

Melting Mountain Glaciers May Not Survive the Century

Apr 28, 2021 11:00 AM

Liftoff

NASA Launches Astronauts to the ISS on a Reused SpaceX Rocket

Apr 23, 2021 6:07 AM

Treasure Hunt

Will Future Electric Vehicles Be Powered by Deep-Sea Metals?

Apr 14, 2021 8:00 AM

Clean Sweep

It’s Finally Time to Take Out the Space Trash

Mar 29, 2021 7:00 AM

Blades of Glory

Offshore Energy Gets a Second Wind Under Biden

Mar 11, 2021 8:00 AM

Le Deluge

The Tide Is High—and Getting Higher

Mar 8, 2021 7:00 AM

Ground Control

Can Technology Open Spaceflight to Disabled Astronauts?

Mar 2, 2021 7:00 AM

Creepy Crawly

Researchers Are Studying These Worm Blobs to Build Robots

Feb 17, 2021 8:00 AM

Cosmic Rays

NASA Wants to Set a New Radiation Limit for Astronauts

Feb 11, 2021 8:00 AM

We're Back

The US Rejoins the Paris Climate Accord. Will It Matter?

Jan 21, 2021 7:00 AM

Surf’s Up

The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

Jan 18, 2021 8:00 AM

Burnout

2020 Was the One of the Hottest Years on Record

Jan 15, 2021 8:00 AM

Blue Sky

Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?

Dec 22, 2020 11:00 AM

Biodiversity

A Bolivian 'Cloud Forest' Reveals a Bonanza of New Species

Dec 14, 2020 6:00 AM

Up And Away

New AI-Based Navigation Helps Loon’s Balloons Hover in Place

Dec 2, 2020 11:00 AM

Crash Landing

An Enormous Iceberg Is Headed for South Georgia Island—Again

Nov 19, 2020 8:00 AM

Green Government

How Biden Can Make Climate Progress With a Divided Congress

Nov 12, 2020 8:00 AM

Extreme Weather

What Is a Super Typhoon, and Why Are They So Dangerous?

Nov 4, 2020 7:00 AM

AI AI Captain

The Robot Ships Are Coming ... Eventually

Oct 30, 2020 9:00 AM

Treasure Hunt

These Oceanographers Want to Turn Marine Slime Into Drugs

Oct 27, 2020 8:00 AM